Author Fitz James O Brien, From The Oldpoetry Poetry Archive I was from Ireland, and I lived from 18281862. Print or Buy my poetry? Fitz-James O Brien was an Irishman who immigrated to New York in 1852. http://oldpoetry.com/authors/Fitz James O Brien
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Extractions: Irish-born American writer and poet. O'Brien published no books during his lifetime, and the posthumous collections of his short stories were often severely edited. THe authoritative two-volume edition The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien (1988), edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, restores the text to their original versions. Volume 1 is subtitled Macabre Tales ; and volume 2, Dream Stories and Fantasies Collections:
UVa Library: Early American Fiction Collection EAF Author Fitz James O Brien (18281862). Works in the Collection ManuscriptMaterials Biographies. Fitz James O Brien was born in Ireland. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eaf/authors/fjo.htm
Extractions: @import url("http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eaf/styles/eaf_advanced.css"); dqmcodebase = "/eaf/scripts/" Works in the Collection Manuscript Materials Biographies Fitz James O'Brien was born in Ireland. In 1852, he emigrated to the U. S., and began a career in journalism in New York. He became a regular contributor to Harper's and other periodicals. O'Brien is best known for macabre tales such as "The Diamond Lens." While serving in the Union army during the Civil War, O'Brien was wounded and later died of tetanus. "Bob O'Link" from Tales of the Time "The Diamond Lens" from Atlantic Tales (Restricted) Manuscript: Page from "Bob-o-link" From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature Electronic Text Center
UVa Library: Early American Fiction Collection O Brien, Fitz James, 18281862. Table of Contents for this work. =long s Aboutthe electronic version Draft page from Bob O Link electronic resource http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/eafbin2/browse-eafall?id=Ob664MS&data=/www/
Kane, By Fitz-James O'Brien Complete text of the poem by FitzJames O Brien, written in honor of Elisha Kane s by Fitz-James O Brien (1828-1862). LOFT upon an old basaltic crag, http://www.poetry-archive.com/o/kane.html
Extractions: KANE by: Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) And underneath, upon the lifeless front Of that drear cliff, a simple name is traced; Fit type of him who, famishing and gaunt, But with a rocky purpose in his soul, By want beleaguered, and by winter chased, Seeking the brother lost amid the frozen waste. Not many months ago we greeted him, Crowned with the icy honors of the North, Across the land his hard-won fame went forth, And Maine's deep woods were shaken limb by limb. His own mild Keystone State, sedate and prim, Burst from decorous quiet as he came. Hot Southern lips, with eloquence aflame, Sounded his triumph. Texas, wild and grim, Proffered its horny hand. The large-lunged West, Yelled its frank welcome. And from main to main
Fitz-James O'Brien As Microscopist In a short life of 33 years, FitzJames O Brien (1828-1862) established himselfas a competent and imaginative writer, and was in fact something of an http://members.aol.com/Hbronstein/index/fobmic.htm
Extractions: In a short life of 33 years, Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) established himself as a competent and imaginative writer, and was in fact something of an innovator in the frenetic and economically perilous literary life of his day. Some have placed him as the best American writer of short stories between Poe (1809 -1849) and Bret Harte (1836-1902), and he was certainly admired by his literary colleagues. His work, at its best, stands for itself. The Diamond Lens could be used as a texbook example of the application of Poe's Philosophy of Composition , with which O'Brien would have had to be familiar: a carefully-crafted tone, an economical style in which few superfluities of language can be detected, and a slow accelerando of pace to a denouement which is inevitable from the beginning, yet still riveting. Crucial to the success of the story is the blending of hard fact with extreme fantasy, the juxtaposition of technology and mysticism, a convincing and "scientific" setting against which is played an unworldly romance. The story was well received by public and critics, and established O'Brien as a lion of literary New York. It is important to remember that the impact on fiction-writing and public taste of Poe's detective stories and his stories dealing with the outre was only beginning to be felt. Critics who cite O'Brien's style as "florid" and "naive when it is not a little pompous and literary" should perhaps give more consideration to the cultural context of the work; the same can be said of Poe even more. Consider, too, that in the literary circles of the time, one wrote for the admiration of one's literary friends as well as for that of the public.
Stories, Listed By Author OBRIEN, (Michael) FitzJames (1828-1862) (chron.) * The Child That Loved aGrave, (ss) Harpers Apr 1861. The Graveyard Reader, ed. http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/isfac/s183.htm
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents NUTT, CHARLES (Leroy) (1929-1967); see under Beaumont, Charles (books) (chron.) NUTTALL, JEFF(rey Addison) (chron.) NYBERG, BJORN (Emil Oscar) (books) (chron.) * The Star of Khorala (with L. Sprague de Camp Conan ], (ss) Conan the Swordsman NYE, CASSANDRA (chron.) OAKES, TERRY (chron.) OATES, JOYCE CAROL (chron.) The Doll, (nv)
Chronological List, Part 73 OBRIEN, EDWARD W. OBRIEN, EDWARD W., JR. OBRIEN, EILEEN; OBRIEN,(Michael) FitzJames (1828-1862); OBRIEN, FRANCES; http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/fictionmag/e73.htm
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents MACKAY, HUGH LEWIS (1897-1963); see pseudonym Hugh Matheson MACKAY, ISABEL ECCLESTONE McKAY, JAMES F. McKAY, JAMES T. ... MACKAY, MARGRETTA (1855-1924); see pseudonym Marie Corelli MACKAY, MOLLIE McKAY, MURIEL McKAY, PRIVATE ... McKEAG, ERNEST L(ionel) (1896-1976); see pseudonyms Mark Grimshaw John King Jack Maxwell MacKEAGAN, JEAN ... McKENSIE, RAY ; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg McKENSIE, VERNON McKENZIE, A. B. MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER ... MACKENZIE, COLIN ; pseudonym of Colin Turner MACKENZIE, [Sir] (Edward Montague) COMPTON MacKENZIE, D. L. MacKENZIE, DONALD ... MacKENZIE, JOHNATHAN BLAKE ; pseudonym of Randall Garrett MACKENZIE, JON MACKENZIE, KEVIN McKENZIE, L. E. ... McKENZIE, RAY ; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg MACKENZIE, STUART MacKENZIE, W(illiam) A(ndrew) MACKENZIE, W. A. ... McKETTRIG, SEATON ; pseudonym of Randall Garrett MACKEY, JOE MACKEY, JOSEPH MACKEY, KENNETH ... McKINLEY, DEAN ; house pseudonym McKINLEY, G. M. McKINLEY, KAREN McKINLEY, WALLACE McKINNEY, R. R. ... MacKINTOSH, ELIZABETH (1896-1952); see pseudonym Gordon Daviot MACKINTOSH, H. S.
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Food For Thought: Biographies O Brien, FitzJames (Irish-born American writer), c.1828-1862. O Brien, JamesBronterre (Irish journalist, Chartist), 1805-1864. O Brien, William (Irish http://www.junkfoodforthought.com/bio/bio_O.htm
Extractions: Oakeley, Frederick (English ecclesiastic) Oakley, Annie (orig. Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses) (Am. markswoman) Oastler, Richard (English reformer) Oates, Joyce Carol (American writer, playwright, essayist) b.1938 Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace (English antarctic explorer) Oates, Titus (English impostor; fabricated Popish Plot) Obando, Jose Maria (Colombian politician) Oberholtzer, John H. (American Mennonite religious leader) Oberlin, Johann Friedrich (Alsatian pastor, philanthropist) Oberth, Hermann (German rocket scientist) O'Boyle, Patrick Aloysius (American cardinal) Obradovic, Dositej (Serbian writer) Obrecht, Jacob (Dutch conductor, composer, contrapuntist) c.1450-1505 Obregon, Alvaro (Mexican soldier, politician) O'Brien, Conor Cruise (Irish historian, critic, diplomat) b.1917 O'Brien, Edna (Irish writer, playwright, screenwriter) b.1932 O'Brien, Fitz-James (Irish-born American writer, journalist) c.1828-1862 O'Brian, Patrick (orig. Richard Patrick Russ) (Eng. novelist) O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington (Am. author, editor, anthol.) O'Brien, Fitz-James (Irish-born American writer)
Ghost Story Writers FitzJames O Brien (1828-1862) Fitz-James O Brien was an Irish-born son of alawyer who emigrated to America in 1852 and immediately became recognised as a http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~agg/ghosts/
Extractions: The Cyclopaedia of Ghost Story Writers A B C D ... William J. Wintle A. J. Alan (pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert) A.J. Alan (Leslie Harrison Lambert) made his name as a radio broadcaster in the 1920's, always insisting on wearing evening dress for his performances. His broadcasts were frequently transcribed and formed the basis of his two collections. My Adventure in Norfolk, The Hair, The Diver, The Dream Good Evening, Everyone (1928) The Best of A. J. Alan Grant Allen (1848-1899) Canadian-born Grant Allen spent most of his career as a writer in Britain. He caused a stir in the late 1890s with his notorious works The Evolution of the Idea of God (1897) and The Woman Who Did (1895), the story of a woman who chooses the option of free love over that of the bondage of marriage. Pallinghurst Barrow, Wolverden Tower Strange Stories (1884) Ivan Greet's Masterpiece (1893) Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) Sabine Baring-Gould was born in Exeter on January 28th 1834. He was a member of an aristocratic family an was educated in Germany and France. He became the squire and parson of Lew Trenchard in Devon and wrote many of our best known hymns, including Onward, Christian Soldiers
Stories, Listed By Author O BRIEN, (Michael) FitzJames (1828-1862). The Child That Loved a Grave, (ss)Harper s Apr, 1861. The Graveyard Reader, ed. Groff Conklin, Ballantine, 1958 http://contento.best.vwh.net/s166.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents NUETZEL, CHARLES (books) (continued) Preface, (pr) Royal Lesson, (vi) A Very Cultured Taste [as by George Frederic], (ss), 1960 Word to the Wise, (vi) The World That WOMB Made, (ss) NURSE, PATRICIA NUSSBAUM, ALBERT F(rancis) A Left-Handed Profession, (ss) AHMM Nov '75; also as "The Counterfeit Conman". NUTT, CHARLES
Index Stories, Listed By Author, Part 9 DAVID WRIGHT (19181944); O BRIEN, (Michael) Fitz-James (1828-1862); O BRIEN,JOHN OBTULOWICZ, MAREK O BYRNE, ELAINE O CONNELL, MATTHEW J., trans. http://contento.best.vwh.net/q9.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents MORGAN, CHRIS MORGAN, CYNTHIA ... MORPHETT, TONY ; [i.e., Anthony David Morphett] (1938- ) MORRELL, DAVID (Bernard) MORRESSY, JOHN MORRILL, ROWENA MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR ... MORRIS, RALPH ; pseudonym MORRIS, SCOT MORRIS, SUSAN MORRIS, VIC MORRIS, WILLIAM ... MORRISON, WILLIAM ; pseudonym of Joseph Samachson MORRISS, MACK MORROW, GRAY ; [i.e., Dwight Graydon Morrow] (1934- ) MORROW, W(illiam) C(hambers) MORTLOCK, BILL ; pseudonym MORTON, ELIZABETH MOSIG, DIRK W(alter) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) : "Psycho"-logical Bloch MOUDY, WALTER F(rank) MOURAVEC, HANS P. MOWSHOWITZ, ABBE MOZHEIKO, IGOR VASEVELODOVICH ; see pseudonym Kirill Bulychev MROZEK, SLAWOMIR MUDDERSNOOK, BLYDE ; pseudonym MUDFORD, WILLIAM MUDGETT, HERMAN W. ; pseudonym of William A. P. White MUIR, EDWIN MULHOLLAND, ROSA MULISCH, HARRY ... MUNOZ, CHARLES C. (1926- ); see pseudonym T. P. Caravan MUNRO, H(ector) H(ugh) (1870-1916); see pseudonym Saki MUNRO, JOHN
Authors Of American Verse 17371783); Neal, John (1793-1876); Newell, Robert Henry (1836-1901); O Brien,Fitz-James (1828-1862); Oakes, Urian (c.1631-1681); Odell, http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/authlist.html
Extractions: Adams, Henry (1838-1918) Adams, John (1704-1740) Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799-1888) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907) Alger, Jr., Horatio (1832-1899) Allen, Elizabeth Akers (1832-1911 ) Allen, James (1739-1808) Allen, Paul (1784-1826) Allston, Washington (1779-1843) Alsop, George (1636-1673?) Arthur, T. S. (1809-1885) Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929) Beadle, Samuel Alfred (1857-1932) Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798) Bell, James Madison (1826-1902) Benjamin, Park (1809-1864) Benjamin, Robert C. O. (1855-1900) Bibb, Eloise A. (1878-1927) Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914) Blackson, Lorenzo Dow (b.1817) Bland, James A. (1854-1911) Bleeker, Ann Eliza (1752-1783) Blood, Benjamin Paul (1832-1919) Bodman, Manoah (1765-1850) Boker, George Henry (1823-1890) Botta, Anne C. Lynch (1815-1891) Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895) Brackenridge, Hugh Henry (1748-1816) Bradford, William (1590-1657) Bradstreet, Anne (1612 or 1613-1672) Brainard, John Gardiner Calkins (1796-1828) >Braithwaite, William Stanley (1878-1962)
Ouvrages D'un Auteur BRIEN Fitz-James. (1828-1862). Royaume-Uni. Recueil de nouvelles.Qu était-ce ? (?). Nouvelle. Chambre perdue (la) (1858 - The lost http://sf.marseille.mecreant.org/ouvaut.php3?000675
Victorian And Edwardian Ghost Stories, Edited By Richard Dalby O Brien, FitzJames, (1828-1862) The Lost Room, 1858. (Harper s, September, 1858.)Page, Thomas Nelson, (1853-1922) The Spectre in the Cart, 1904. http://www.hycyber.com/HF/victorian_edwardian_ghost.html
Bibliography Of American Literature, Table Of Contents + O Brien, FitzJames 1828-1862. + O Reilly, John Boyle 1844-1890. +Osgood, Frances Sargent Locke 1811-1850 http://collections.chadwyck.com/bal/htxview?template=toc_hdft.htx&content=toc_o.
